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- Daily horoscope for September 14, 2020
- Ask Amy: Facebook algorithm connects victim to assault
- Letters: Goodbye, Illinois. I won’t let the crushing debt hit me on the way out.
- Editorial: Closing arguments, Part One: Why voters should reject Pritzker Tax
- Chicago’s Lili Trifilio of Beach Bunny talks about her solo project
- Arlington Heights to add more access to Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve through trail extension, pedestrian signals and more
- Half Gringa has music to make, and a pandemic isn’t going to get in the way of it
- Dozens of High School District 214 parents call for return to in-person instruction
- Column: Comedy finds ways to persevere in Chicago for fall 2020. What else can we do but laugh?
- Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Chicago Bears’ 27-23 win over the Detroit Lions in Week 1
- Winners and losers from Bears-Lions in Week 1: Fox’s insulting digital fans and the twisted logic of replacing Kenny Albert with Dick Stockton
- The bubble athlete. The beer vendor. The cheerleader. The tailgaters. A snapshot of life in sports during 6 months of COVID-19.
- Fantasy football waiver wire for Week 2: Grab Nyheim Hines and Robby Anderson
- Daywatch: What’s next after 6 months of COVID-19, what the first Illinois virus patients taught the US and Bears pull off stunning comeback in season opener
- Maine East High School fall play to go from live stage to online broadcast due to pandemic constraints
- Netflix ‘Trial of Chicago 7’ trailer just dropped. In the worst way, it’s right on time.
- Many Canadian snowbirds are delaying Florida visits until COVID-19 eases
- 5 takeaways from the White Sox-Tigers series, including Jose Abreu adding to his monster season and Eloy Jimenez’s adjustment paying off
- 5 takeaways from the Cubs-Brewers series, including Alec Mills’ no-hitter highlighting a rotation revival and concern about Kris Bryant’s wrist
- $100K reward offered for suspect who ‘ambushed,’ shot two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies
- Deadly and historic wildfires on West Coast raise fight over climate change ahead of Trump’s visit to California
- Carol Marin leaving Channel 5, ‘Chicago Tonight’ after November elections
- Talk of the County reader opinion: BLM focus should be shifted to Black-on-Black shootings. ‘Don’t they matter too?’
- Vuelve la Copa Libertadores bajo la amenaza del coronavirus
- Novak Djokovic says he learned a ‘big lesson’ from U.S. Open default
- In defiance of Nevada governor and his own administration’s guidelines, President Trump holds indoor rally with packed and largely mask-less crowd
- Sanders: Biden necesita acercarse más a los hispanos
- Los Pumas vuelan sobre el Apertura mexicano
- Stars reunite for ‘Princess Bride’ Democratic fundraiser
- Fuego en EEUU reabre el tema del clima ante visita de Trump
- Commentary: What the CDC eviction ban means: 6 questions answered
- Álvaro González contesta a Neymar: ‘No existe lugar para el racismo’ (VIDEO)
- Trump and Biden joust in Florida, looking for votes in the margins
- Pritzker, Ezike and Arwady talk about the COVID-19 pandemic at 6 months, and look ahead to what might be next
- Volunteers work cleanup detail at former Portage elementary school: ‘So many people have history in this building’
- Trump desafía al gobernador de Nevada con mitin bajo techo
- As dispute over former Hart estate in Glenview continues, total legal fees top $100,000
- Pujols llega a 660 jonrones e iguala al mítico Willie Mays
- Boxes of survival rations dating to Cold War era discovered in Aurora school’s basement
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Tuesday, Sept. 15
- Jakarta to isolate positive virus cases in official facilities, can no longer quarantine at home
- U.B. Dogs permanently closes in the Loop, a victim of the coronavirus pandemic
- Letter to the editor: Safeguards in place in Cook County to prevent voting twice
- Venezuela importa petróleo iraní pese a sanciones de EEUU
- La primera voz femenina de la historia como comentarista del videojuego FIFA
- Carol Marin leaving Channel 5, ‘Chicago Tonight’
- Column: Trump’s coronavirus lies should spell the end of his presidency. Our humanity demands as much.
- ICE resumes nationwide deportation arrests after pausing due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Post-Tribune boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020
- Ed Perkins on Travel: Travel planning: Fall 2020
- Brad Paisley y su esposa luchan contra el hambre en EEUU
- Disney wanted to make a splash in China with ‘Mulan.’ It stumbled instead.
- Huge chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off, a development that scientists say is evidence of rapid climate change
- Daily Southtown local scores and schedules for Tuesday, Sept. 15
- Glenbrook North teen shares music, raises money for healthcare workers in India during the coronavirus pandemic
- West Suburban scores and schedules for Tuesday, Sept. 14
- Is the Boeing 737 Max now safe to fly? Here’s a look at the jet’s past problems and future challenges.
- US ambassador to China to step down, ending a three-year tenure marked by a trade war and increasingly bitter relations
- Amazon to hire 5,600 Chicago-area workers in hiring binge, will pay signing bonuses up to $500
- Trump trata de atraer a latinos durante gira por el oeste
- Maureen Dowd column: All the president’s insecurities
- HPV vaccination rises among U.S. kids, but many still unprotected
- COVID-19 takes heavy toll on kidneys
- NFL kicks off season with nods to unrest and focus on anthem
- Oswego teacher honored for work during pandemic with one-of-a-kind American Girl doll
- Ross Douthat column: What isn’t Trump’s fault
- Commentary: HBO’s ‘We Are Who We Are’ is the perfect TV show to mark the end of a lost summer
- Only 15 years old, Cameron Preisler gets an early start on racing success at Grundy County Speedway: ‘It’s been a real fun season.’
- El gran reto del luchador José Torres en BRAVE CF 42
- Bloomberg dona $100 millones para que Biden gane en Florida
- Bachelet: en Nicaragua no hay progreso en DDHH
- Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear — extinct for 15,000 years — revealed by melting permafrost in Arctic Russia
- Black bear found scavenging on the remains of an Elgin man at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Charles M. Blow column: When good people don’t act, evil reigns
- Gail Collins and Bret Stephens column: Let’s fret the night together
- When you love, and loathe, watching the NFL
- What we learned from Week 1 of the NFL season
- Academy of Country Music Awards brings live performances back to TV amid pandemic
- Maddie Kelly steps down after more than 25 years as Oak Lawn park director
- Centroamericanos fueron frenados por Trump y luego por la pandemia
- Homebound doesn’t mean idle for ‘Queer Eye’ star Tan France
- State, local officials issue mostly warnings so far in response to new distracted driving law
- Bucktown 5-bedroom home with mahogany library, sauna: $4M
- Tropical Storm Sally is a hurricane threat to New Orleans as the tropics keep cranking out cyclones
- Column: From Bears to Cubs to White Sox — Sunday was one of the greatest sports-watching afternoons in Chicago history
- Adolescente puertorriqueña está a punto de convertirse en una estrella de Netflix
- Aurora approves additional money for Financial Empowerment Center
- Boys soccer notes: Chesterton and Crown Point could meet again in postseason after going to penalty kicks last week
- Voto hispano, un gran interrogante en Florida
- Opinion: We used to be able to talk across party lines. What’s changed?
- Lake County local scores for Tuesday, Sept. 15
- Police issue warning after apartment tenant says burglar ransacked home while she was there
- Life on Venus? Astronomers see a signal in its clouds.
- The maitre d’ will take your temperature now
- Ohio hemp farmers lobby for less regulation
- NJ voters weigh putting pot legalization in constitution
- With 7 dead, California pot ranch is tied to organized crime
- Homebound doesn’t mean idle for ‘Queer Eye’ star Tan France
- Netflix delves into the ‘human side’ of Challenger disaster
- Paris Hilton says she ‘feels free’ after YouTube documentary
- NFL reminds teams to follow sideline rules on wearing face coverings — or risk ‘accountability measures’
- NFL pide a equipos cumplir normas de uso de mascarillas
- ‘You’re very lucky. Very lucky,’ cop tells Uber driver after car is shot up and passenger killed
- Poll finds pandemic surge in loneliness among older adults
- As teachers retire amid pandemic, schools are left scrambling for substitutes
- Are at-home ‘learning pods’ the right fit for your family?
- Top pitching prospects have had their struggles in 2020
- Ben Smith column: The Intercept promised to reveal everything. Then its own scandal hit.
- Ivy Pochoda’s ‘These Women’ illuminates those who live in the margins
- How to tell if you have COVID-19 or flu
- Brother Rice graduate Zach Rothstein revved up about national digs records, returning for fifth year with Fontbonne men’s volleyball team
- Column: The Chicago Bears win was big. The players’ diverse protests during the national anthem were bigger.
- Kaepernick exige que un aliado y excompañero sea firmado por un equipo
- Federal judge rules Pennsylvania governor’s pandemic restrictions are unconstitutional
- TikTok has picked Oracle as a US tech partner. What does that even mean?
- Científicos afroestadounidenses destacan racismo en la rama
- John George, who made Evergreen Park’s world in wrestling and cross country ‘more than a little better,’ dies at age 87
- Nicki Minaj’s husband wins 5-month trial delay in case claiming he failed to register as sex offender
- Talk of the County reader opinion: Don’t blame Woodward when ‘the persons in charge should have actually acted responsibly to save American lives’
- 86-year-old man killed in domestic-related shooting. Police arrest 85-year-old man.
- Morelia tendrá un Festival Internacional de Cine híbrido
- Delta taps SkyMiles to raise funds, joining United and American in relying on frequent flyer programs
- Macy’s plans smaller but camera-ready Thanksgiving parade
- Macy’s plans smaller but camera-ready Thanksgiving parade: ‘They are reinventing the event for this moment in history’
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Chicago installing protected bike lanes along busy Milwaukee Ave. route
- Editorial: Winter dining is coming. Start building the yurts.
- Grant senior Colton Romig puts in work now in hope of state meet later: ‘I’ve had a positive mindset and just made sure to try to train as hard as I can.’
- Valparaiso man, 76, dies from injuries after being hit by golf cart: police
- Speak Out reader opinion: Orland Park right to censure Sky Zone for reckless conduct
- Talk of the County reader opinion: As for Trump, ‘what is wrong with this bonehead? Is he insane?’
- Cody Parkey, of Bears ‘Double Doink’ fame, will be the Browns’ new kicker, a report says
- Chadwick Boseman buried near South Carolina hometown
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘This president is trying to bring this country back, and you keep fighting him’
- US halts imports from China’s Uighur region over forced labor
- Astronomers have found a potential sign of life in the atmosphere of Venus, our nearest neighboring planet
- Column: My quest to attain an Illinois Real ID was an hours-long test of patience
- Column: Downtown Chicago is down, but don’t count it out
- Cynthia Nixon says J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans remarks were ‘painful’ for her son, a UChicago grad
- Winnetka Sept. 11 memorial carries on, with COVID-19 safeguards in place
- Commentary: Leon Finney’s legacy of community organizing, promoting Black ownership carries on
- Ryan Companies revises its proposal for a senior community on Ogden near Route 83
- Elecciones en EEUU tendrán consecuencias para sus tropas
- Cross country notes: It wasn’t the shoes as Kaneland’s Isaiah Dallal runs majority of win against Wheaton Academy with just one foot covered
- Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Why would anybody in their right mind want to be a police officer these days?’
- Column: Dear NFL, I don’t need your social activism takeaways. I’m a fan of your entertainment playbook.
- Cross country notes: Lowell’s Karina James takes cue from former assistant coach during offseason, gets good early results on the course
- El retiro de maestros aumenta presión en escuelas de EEUU
- Bears’ Chicago-area TV ratings for Week 1 victory over Lions are down 32% from 2019 opening prime-time loss to Packers
- Quick action by Richards JROTC student lauded by Chicago Ridge Elks after member injured
- Speak Out reader opinions: Swamp getting swampier thanks to racism; billionaire gov not telling truth on fair tax; theory on conspiracy theory
- William Hill becomes official ESPN odds supplier
- There’s actually a word for the climate change-induced despair you’ve been feeling
- Former jobs of every NFL owner
- Abren proceso a estadounidense por espionaje en Venezuela
- Wisconsin man charged with firing shots in Antioch subdivision
- Refusal to wear masks, threat against employee leads to police response in Niles
- How flu shots can help in the fight against COVID-19
- Harshmallow: Virus prompts pause for Peeps holiday treats
- Letters: Now is not the time to trim the budget for the Cook County health care system
- Hubbard Street Dance’s 2020-21 season begins with a Rena Butler premiere, filmed in Chicago parks
- Netflix escarba el ‘lado humano’ del desastre del Challenger
- Column: Back to the office in the pandemic remains a work in progress
- Wells St. Market closes Friday, this time for keeps
- Funcionario de Dakota del Sur mató a persona, no a venado
- Commentary: The income tax game: Three truths and a lie
- ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero charged with terrorism in Rwanda court
- Djokovic: Incidente en US Open me deja una ‘enorme lección’
- ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ just got more accessible to blind audiences
- Health apps pose privacy risks, but experts offer this advice
- ‘Sally’ ya es huracán y amenaza Nueva Orleans y Alabama
- Japan’s next prime minister emerges from behind the curtain
- Exercising at home? Here are 5 ways you might be screwing up your workouts — and how to avoid common pitfalls.
- President Trump, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents
- Patti LaBelle #Verzuz Gladys Knight: Music and love for the win
- Activismo de Naomi Osaka contra racismo no cae bien en Japón
- Chadwick Boseman es sepultado en su natal Carolina del Sur
- More than 4,000 University of Illinois health system workers go on strike, joining nurses, in second walkout in less than a week
- Arson suspected as cause of Darien apartment fire
- Remote learning continues to challenge working parents: ‘I’m trying to keep it together’
- Billy Corgan’s tea shop Madame ZuZu’s returns to Highland Park
- Venezuela acusa de sabotaje a supuesto espía de EEUU
- Column: Fall is here, winter is coming, and along with it, dread
- SWANCC holds document shredding event in Buffalo Grove for member communities
- Funcionario implicado en caso ‘Ayotzinapa’ huyó a Israel
- Video depicts nude romp, mischief at abandoned Lew Wallace High in Gary
- 13-year-old boy arrested in connection with armed robbery at Naperville Riverwalk park, police say
- Salvation Army launches Christmas campaign 2 months early to meet fivefold increase in needs amid pandemic
- Interpersonal Edge: Shutting down meeting monologues
- How to explain a voluntary leave of absence or resignation due to COVID-19
- Susan Tompor: Get a game plan for paying student loan debt in 2021
- More than 4,000 University of Illinois health system workers go on strike
- Neymar: ‘Las agresiones e insultos son parte del fútbol, pero el racismo y la intolerancia no son aceptables’
- Man on house arrest for gun case accused of opening fire at West Side birthday party, killing 2 and wounding 3. ‘It makes your blood boil,’ says Chicago’s top cop.
- Arlington public library board to hold off filling Thanopoulos vacancy, to ‘let the people decide’ on her replacement
- Avanza intento por rescatar a lobos reubicados en Michigan
- A conversation with Brandon Breaux about his MCA collection that looks at access, safe space, and representation
- Man dies Saturday in Oak Park’s Hemingway district
- Trump gana batalla legal para deportar a salvadoreños con TPS
- Commentary: Give it to us straight on the income tax amendment
- Alicia Keys anuncia por sorpresa la fecha de lanzamiento de su nuevo disco
- Macy’s planea desfile más pequeño para Día Acción de Gracias
- 100 photos that tell the story of COVID-19 in South Florida
- 5 things we heard from Chicago Bears assistant coaches after Week 1, including Jaylon Johnson picking himself up and Anthony Miller’s ‘ridiculous’ catch
- Indiana state news
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot again disputes that Chicago cops were asked to protect US Rep. Bobby Rush’s office amid unrest: ‘That narrative is false’
- Column: Life slows as traditions fade or end during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Chicago rabbi facing criminal charges, accused of Ponzi scheme that allegedly defrauded Holocaust survivor
- Tanto demócratas como republicanos promueven voto por correo
- Mayor Sam Cunningham says investment is the key to Waukegan’s future
- Kindergarten and first grade students in Lake Zurich School District 95 start in-person instruction
- Chofer de Uber se salva de ráfaga de balas. Su pasajero muere
- Illinois marijuana tax revenue up in August
- Lake County man who lost leg in motorcycle crash receives $16 million in lawsuit settlement
- Officials: 500,000 counterfeit N95 masks seized in Chicago
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker maintaining approval, particularly among Democrats, for handling of pandemic, survey shows
- Hispanic Heritage Month to be celebrated in Lake County despite pandemic
- Column: When I almost died: My days battling the coronavirus and what I remember the most
- Lightfoot announces push to get more apartments built near public transportation on South and West sides
- Kim Kardashian responds to backlash over new Skims maternity collection
- ‘Canelo’ explica su mala relación con De la Hoya, que viene de antaño
- Trump y el cambio climático: ‘No creo que la ciencia sepa’
- Naperville News Digest
- 24 Chicago area students share their setups for remote learning
- Feds ‘commandeered’ COVID-19 testing supplies ordered by Loyola and Illinois State to detect virus on campus, Sen. Dick Durbin says
- ‘Voy a trabajar para todos’ en el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo: Claver-Carone
- Mets announce they are selling team to Steve Cohen, hedge-fund billionaire to own 95% of franchise
- University of Wisconsin-Madison eliminates spring break to curb the spread of the coronavirus
- Second whistleblower lawsuit against Chicago Police Department alleges job retaliation over handling of controversial shooting
- School District 300 superintendent awarded new five-year contract
- ‘Oh my God, I didn’t mean to … Don’t die’: Gurnee man charged with accidentally shooting woman to death
- The Spin: Judge says Dems dumped him over Smollett case | Lightfoot vs. FOP boss Catanzara over controversial incident at Congressman Rush’s office | Pritzker wouldn’t hesitate to enact another shutdown
- Rochester police chief out in aftermath of Prude’s death
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Sept. 14 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- IHSA waives weekly game limit for winter, spring and summer sports; denies exemption to play high school and club at same time
- The White Sox lead the AL in most major offensive categories: ‘(We) started … showing these guys that when they hit strikes, they’re really good’
- Chicago behind schedule on contact tracing program as Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces plan to work with community groups to hire workers
- Site of former Edward McCormick Blair house in Lake Bluff sells for $3 million after historic home demolished
- Smoke from West Coast fires reaches Illinois, turning sky a milky white
- How NFL players are using their platform for social justice protests
- Jerry Harris of ‘Cheer’ reportedly under FBI investigation in Naperville for allegedly soliciting minors
- Judge who appointed special prosecutor in Jussie Smollett case loses Cook County Democrats’ backing; he calls it ‘retaliation’ while party says it’s based on his record
- Joe Biden assembles legal team ahead of divisive 2020 election
- Aurora police investigating after man found dead at Phillips Park
- Chris Evans delivers a uniquely ‘Captain America’ message in aftermath of penis pic post
- Converted midfielder Clifton Sherwin develops into a boon at goalkeeper for Boone Grove, but Crown Point keeps rolling along